Quote Of The Day: “There are more laws against schools teaching Critical Race Theory than schools that teach Critical Race Theory”

There are more laws against schools teaching Critical Race Theory than schools that teach Critical Race Theory.

— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 11, 2021

Boy oh boy, some conservatives continue to be blowing a gasket about Critical Race Theory.

Here are new additions to RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ATTACKS ON “CRITICAL RACE THEORY,” THE 1619 PROJECT & ATTEMPTS TO STOP EDUCATORS FROM TEACHING ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM:

And hint: CRT is not radical if you actually know what it is. The ideal that race is embedded in the law and our nation’s institutions is simply a historical fact.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 9, 2021

Just as “fake news” really means “reporting I don’t like” and “cancel culture” means “accountability I don’t like,” “CRT” means “any conversation about race I don’t like.”

— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) June 9, 2021

I recommend the whole piece. https://t.co/rE2e70O8g6

— Hakeem Jefferson (@hakeemjefferson) June 8, 2021

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas enshrined slavery, banned the manumission of enslaved people, and barred black people and native americans from citizenship. You could not make try harder to make the 1619 Project's argument for them https://t.co/rhbWMTN62n

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) June 7, 2021

This is an amazing resource. Efforts to restrict teaching about racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S.https://t.co/2Z0hx1vf8l

— Koby Levin (@levin_koby) June 9, 2021

Indoctrination task forces now demanding teachers turn over lesson plans involving ELL, justice curriculum and 1619 Project. This is not a sign of a healthy, free society. https://t.co/KBCp5zdnSn

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 11, 2021

This white panic about "teaching Critical Race Theory in schools" (when it's not taught in anything lower than a collegiate seminar) would be funny if it wasn't for the inevitability that everything from Toni Morrison to George Washington Carver is going to be branded as CRT.

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 11, 2021

This "rule" makes slavery, Native dispossession, Reconstruction, lynching, Jim Crow, and any number of other basic "factual" elements of American history either inexplicable or impossible to take seriously. And that's the point. It's got nothing to do with CRT. https://t.co/ZZuvyyIova pic.twitter.com/2TrDyxfYud

— Joshua D. Rothman (@rothmanistan) June 11, 2021